We’re dying from inhaling the industries’ pollution. I feel like it’s a death sentence. Like we are getting cremated, but not getting burnt. —Sharon Lavigne, 71, Saint James Parish, January 2023 ...

U.S. Attorney Kurt L. Wall announced a $477,943 OJJDP grant to the Louisiana DOJ for its Internet Crimes Against Children ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Have you ever wondered how big the state of Louisiana is compared to the rest of the world? Within the United States, Louisiana is certainly not the biggest in size, ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Overall rates for sexually transmitted infections in the United States are slowing somewhat; however, Louisiana ranks at the top of the list for STI's among the states. According to ...

There has been a resurgence in COVID-19 cases in Louisiana and across the rest of the United States this summer, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control. While COVID-19 stopped being ...

Louisiana, along with 34 other states, has reached a multistate settlement with automakers Hyundai and Kia over the sale of ...

Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge, an area of marshland at the eastern edge of New Orleans, is — in biological terms — considered an area full of wetlands. One of the last remaining marshes ...

Louisiana residents pay the highest average sales tax rate in the United States at nearly 10%, according to the latest Tax Foundation rankings released this week. That costs taxpayers an extra $10 for ...

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